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'Hamlet' Act 1 Scene 4
'Hamlet' Act 1 Scene 4 is the play's most crucial scene: Hamlet is visited by the ghost of his father and this action kick-starts the main story that drives 'Hamlet'. Read the original text to 'Hamlet' Act 1 Scene 4 here!
'Hamlet' Act 1 Scene 3
The plot thicken in Hamlet Act 1 Scene 3: Laertes warns Ophelia that Hamlet's love for her may be fleeting. Polonius also suggests that Hamlet's professed love for her may not be genuine. Read the original text to Hamlet Act 1 Scene 3 here!
'Hamlet' Act 1 Scene 2
Read the original text to 'Hamlet' Act 2 Scene 2 first hand on About.com. In this classic scene the tension between Hamlet and Claudius is established, and Hamlet explains his disgust for his mother's actions. 'Hamlet' Act 2 Scene 2 lays all the groundwork for the rest of the play.
'Hamlet' Act 1 Scene 1
Read the opening scene of Shakespeare's greatest play, Hamlet: Act 1 Scene 1 begins with the sighting of a ghost, Hamlet's father. Read the complete text to 'Hamlet' Act 1 Scene 1 here!
'Hamlet' Act 1 Scene 5
Read the complete text to 'Hamlet' Act 1 Scene 5 in which Hamlet is urged revenge the death of his father by the ghost. Read 'Hamlet' Act 1 Scene 5 online!
'Hamlet' Act 2 Scene 2
'Hamlet' Act 2 Scene 2 - the original text. Read how King Claudius employs Hamlet's friends, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, to cheer him up. At this point, the other characters are unclear about why Hamlet is melancholy. Read the complete 'Hamlet' Act 2 Scene 2 online now!
'Hamlet' Act 2 Scene 1
Read the complete text to 'Hamlet' Act 2 Scene 1 - Hamlet's relationship with Ophelia is on the rocks and she sends back his love letters. The tension between Polonius and Hamlet really takes hold in this scene. Discover more in the original text.
'Hamlet' Act 3 Scene 1
Read the original text to 'Hamlet' Act 3 Scene 1 here. Polonius and Claudius secretly see Hamlet denying affection for Ophelia, and a plan to deal with his madness is hatched. Read 'Hamlet' Act 3 Scene 1 online for free!
'Hamlet' Act 3 Scene 2
Read the complete text to 'Hamlet' Act 3 Scene 2 in which Hamlet directs the actors in a play to depict his father’s murder. Read this classic scene here: 'Hamlet' Act 3 Scene 2.
'Hamlet' Act 3 Scene 3
In this classic scene from 'Hamlet', Act 3 Scene 3, Polonius hides behind the curtain to listen in on Hamlet. Read the complete text to 'Hamlet' Act 3 Scene 3.
'Hamlet' Act 3 Scene 4
Read the original text to 'Hamlet' Act 3 Scene 4 in which Polonius is stabbed behind the curtain by Hamlet. Is the young Prince really going mad? Find out for yourself in the original text to 'Hamlet' Act 3 Scene 4
'Hamlet' Act 4 Scene 1
Read the complete text to 'Hamlet' Act 4 Scene 1 in which Hamlet is packed off to England following Polonius’ death. Discover the original text to 'Hamlet' Act 4 Scene 1 here.
'Hamlet' Act 4 Scene 2
Read the original text to 'Hamlet' Act 4 Scene 2 here, in which Rosencrantz and Guildenstern ask Hamlet what he has done with Polonius’ body.
'Hamlet' Act 4 Scene 3
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'Hamlet' Act 4 Scene 4
In 'Hamlet' Act 4 Scene 4, Hamlet resolves to become more brutal in his revenge. Read the original text to 'Hamlet' Act 4 Scene 4 here.
'Hamlet' Act 4 Scene 5
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'Hamlet' Act 4, Scene 6
Read the original text to 'Hamlet' Act 4, Scene 6 in which Horatio learns that Hamlet has been captured by pirates reroute to England.
'Hamlet' Act 5, Scene 1
This original text to 'Hamlet' Act 5, Scene 1 contains the infamous "To be, or not to be" speech. Read it as part of the original scene to 'Hamlet' Act 5, Scene 1.
'Hamlet' Act 4, Scene 7
Discover the original text for 'Hamlet' Act 4, Scene 7 in which Laertes plans to stab Hamlet and Claudius will poison him. Ophelia is also reported dead in 'Hamlet' Act 4, Scene 7.
'Hamlet' Act 5, Scene 2
'Hamlet' Act 5, Scene 2 (Part 3 or 3) - Read one of the bloodiest and most tragic endings to any of Shakespeare's plays in this, the original text to 'Hamlet' Act 5, Scene 2.
'Hamlet' Act 5, Scene 2
'Hamlet' Act 5, Scene 2 (Part 2 or 3) - the original text to 'Hamlet' Act 5, Scene 2 in which the plays inches towards it's classic finale.
'Hamlet' Act 5, Scene 2
'Hamlet' Act 5, Scene 2 (Part 1 or 3) - read the tragic ending to 'Hamlet' in this original text.